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Queen's Royal Lancers
Cap badge (motto) of the Queen's Royal LancersActive 25 June 1993- Country United Kingdom Branch Army Type Line Cavalry Role Formation Reconnaissance Size One regiment Part of Royal Armoured Corps Garrison/HQ RHQ - Grantham
Regiment - CatterickNickname The Death or Glory Boys Motto Death or Glory March Quick - Stable Jacket
Slow - OmdurmanEngagements Battle of the Boyne
War of the Spanish Succession
American Revolution
Napoleonic Wars
Crimean War
*Battle of Balaclava
Indian Mutiny
Mahdist War
South Africa
World War I
World War II
Iraqi WarCommanders Colonel-in-Chief HM The Queen Colonel of
the RegimentMajor-General Andrew Alexander John Rennie Cumming CBE Insignia Tactical Recognition Flash Abbreviation QRL The Queen's Royal Lancers (QRL) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of two other regiments:
- 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers
- 17th/21st Lancers
From its formation, the regiment served in the armoured role with first Challenger 1, then Challenger 2. However, in 2005, as part of the re-organisation of the army, the regiment started converting to the formation reconnaissance role, re-equipping with the FV107 Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle.
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Organisation
The regiment is organised into four squadrons, each of which perpetuates one of the antecedent regiments:
- 16th Lancer Squadron
- 17th Lancer Squadron
- 21st Lancer Squadron
- 5th Lancer Squadron
Traditions
The regiment's nickname, the 'Death or Glory Boys', comes from their cap badge which is known as "the motto".[1] This is the combined cap badges of the two antecedent regiments, and features a pair of crossed lances, from the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers, together with a Totenkopf (death's head), below which is a ribbon containing the words 'Or Glory'. This comes from the 17th/21st Lancers, and was the cap badge of the 17th Lancers (the original 'Death or Glory Boys').
Battle honours
16th/5th battle honours
Combined honours before amalgamation of 16th and 5th Lancers:
- Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Beaumont, Willems, Talavera, Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nive, Peninsula, Waterloo, Bhurtpore, Ghuznee 1839, Afghanistan 1839, Maharajpore, Aliwal, Sobraon, Suakin 1885, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Siege of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
- First World War: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Ypres 1914 '15, Bellewaarde, Arras 1917, Cambrai 1917, Somme 1918, St. Quentin, Pursuit to Mons
After amalgamation of 16th and 5th Lancers:
- Second World War: Kasserine, Fondouk, Kairouan, Bordj, Djebel Kournine, Tunis, Gromballa, Bou Ficha, North Africa 1942-43, Cassino II, Liri Valley, Monte Piccolo, Capture of Perugia, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Argenta Gap, Traghetto, Italy 1944-45
- Wadi al Batin, Gulf 1991
17th/21st battle honours
Combined honours before amalgamation of 17th and 21st Lancers:
- Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Central India, South Africa 1879, Khartoum, South Africa 1900-02
- First World War: Festubert, Somme 1916 '18, Morval, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Avre, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914-18, N.W. Frontier India 1915 '16
After amalgamation of 17th and 21st Lancers:
- Second World War: Tebourba Gap, Bou Arada, Kasserine, Thala, Fondouk, El Kourzia, Tunis, Hammam Lif, North Africa 1942-43, Cassino II, Monte Piccolo, Capture of Perugia, Advance to Florence, Argenta Gap, Fossa Cembalina, Italy 1944-45
Queen's Royal Lancers
After amalgamation of 16th/5th Lancers and the 17th/21st Lancers into the Queens' Royal Lancers:
- Al Basrah, Iraq 2003
- Maysaan/Al Basrah 2006 (Telic 9)
- Afghanistan 2008 (Herrick)
- Afghanistan 2010 (Herrick 12)
Alliances
- Canada - Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
- Australia - 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers
- Royal Navy - HMS Ark Royal
Affiliated Yeomanry
Order of precedence
Preceded by
The Light DragoonsCavalry Order of Precedence Succeeded by
The Royal Tank RegimentReferences
- British Army Locations from 1945 British Army Locations from 1945
- ^ "Queen's Royal Lancers Gift Shop". http://www.qrlshop.co.uk/product/qrl_motto_capbadge_of_the_queen_s_royal_lancers_/. "QRL Motto (Cap badge of The Queen's Royal Lancers)."
External links
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